Baling press



NOV- 8, 18932" w. E. WUNDERLICH 1,887,226

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BALING PRESS Filed May 28, 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet" 2 NOV. 8., 1932. w, E, WQDERLJCH 1,887,226

BALING PRESS Filed may 28. 195o 4 sheets-sheet 5 Mmde//Afa'c Y WN RNNv BALING PRESS iled May 28, 1930 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Patented Nov. 8, k1932 WILLIAM:in.wuNnim'LrcH,v or MUNcIa, 1ND1ANA,'Ass1eNon Tommi Moons.ooivrraixr,AV y

Y orMUNorE, INDIANA, .A oonronA'rIoN or INDIANA g p Application ineaY May as,

My invention relates to balin g pressesl and has a number of objectsand advantages iny view. y V x One feature of my invention 'resides in providing a baling press'with a load"receiv ,VV

baled. This abutment and the loading bed` or platform are thus parts of clamping jaws which, together, exert the baling pressure.v In order toexpedite the operationboth of these clamping jaws aremoved each toward the other in the baling process and each away from the other after the baling. l

A baling press constructed in accordance with my invention is one whose loading bed orplatform is made readily accessibleboth by lowering the same and moving it laterally of the clamping mechanism in which position theload may be readily placed upon or taken from the press.

I will explain my invention more fully by reference to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is .an end view of a baling press constructed in accordance with the preferred embodiment of the invention, the clamping jaws of the press being separated approximately to the fullest extent for the purpose of receiving therebetween the matter which is to be baled; Fig. 2 isa side View ofthe press shown in Fig. 1 the clamping jaws, however, being mutually approached' to a position in which. the unbaled load shown in Fig. 1 is compacted in readiness to be tied into a bale, such tying being illustrated; Fig.

3 is a sectional view on line 3-8 of Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line. 4.-4 of Fig.

5 0 3; and Fig. 5 is a perspective view of one ,upright guide'rods 2`vcarried by the pedestal BALING PRESS 1930. seria; N6. 4565252,

`form of balewhich may be produced with the'il'lustrated press. i j

The Apress illustrated is inclusive of two end frames each comprising a pedestal 1,

and ayoke 3 joining theupper ends of said rods. The two pedestals 1 are mounted upon acommon base or the floor. lTh'e two yokes B'arejoined byV horizontal struts 4. A brack-V "structure' isgcarried by one of the yokes 3 and carries a` bearing,at 6,for loneen'd of a horizontal shaft 7. j The other end of vthis horizontal shaft isjournaled in, abearing' 8 which is carriedby'theistruts l. An electriemotor 9 drives gearing which is inclusive of a spur pinion 10 "upon the motor shaft, a spur gear 11 5in mesh"v with said pinion, va spur pinion 12 fixed with. relation to and coaxial with the gear 11,l asp'ur gear 13 inV mesh with the pinion 12, a bevelpinion' 14 iixed with' respect to @and coaxial with the spur gear 13 and providedv upon one end of the shaft'?, vaf bevel pinionl15 uponfth'eA other end of said shaft, and the bevel gears 1,6A and 17 respectively in mesh with'the bevel` pinions 14 and`15. The bevel gears 16 and 17 are fixed uponlthe upper endsv ofthe upright shafts 118 and 19 which are journaled, attheir upper ends7 in the yokes .3. The lower ends of the latter shafts are j ournaled in the pedestals 1'. The upper halves of lthese two shafts are threaded in one direction'andtheir lower halves in an opposite direction.v Y g The upper clampingijaw or'abutinent 20 includes a plurality of I. beams which are assembled at theirends by theyokes-21, 22 that are threaded upon the upper halvesof the upright shafts 18 and 19`and slide upon the upright guide rods 2. The bottomy faces of said I beams have channel beams25 bolted thereto and transversely thereof. These channel beamsfdirectly engage `the 'top' side ofthe press load. j

' The rlowerr clamping `jawa`23 likewise includes a plurality of I beams Vwhich are assembled at their, ends by the yokes`2t, 24

that are'fthr'eaded upon the lower halves of the uprio'ht shafts 18 and 19 and slide upon the upright guidefrods 2." rlhe top faces of said l)I beams have channelbeams 26 bolted .1100

thereto and transversely thereof. These channel beams receive the stringers 27 that are in dovetailed connection therewith. These stringers directly engage the bottom 5 side of the press load and constitute a loading platform that is in the form of a lat-l erally extensible orV adjustable section of the e lower clamping jaw or the load receiving bed orplatform proper that is laterally ad-` justable of the press.A When the press is adj justed for loading and unloading the stringers are moved laterally of the press and out of line with the press framework, and parframe work. When the press is adjusted for loading, the lower clamping jaw is lowermost and the upper clamping'jaw is uppermost. After the load has beenl deposited upon the .l platform 27 of the press this platform is moved into the space surrounded by the' press j frame work. Whereafterthe shafts 18 and 19 are turned to elevate the lower clamping' jaw and lower the Vupperclamping j awsuf-Y ficiently to exert the desired-,baling pressure,-

Fig.V 2 illustrating the clamping jaws in al mutually Vapproached relation.v After the bale has been suit-ably tied, the clamping jaws are slightly separated from the Vposition s shown inFig. 2, whereafter the'pla-tform 27 which is now about waist high isagain laterally withdrawn from the space surrounded by the'frame work of the press, in which-position the baled load may readily be removed.

5- Said platformv is desirably inclusive of the yoke bar 28 which is grasped and manipulated to adjust said platform. `Said platform is also inclusive of the diagonal braces 29.l

The load 242 illustrated is inclusive of a plurality of bed springs which are piled upon the loweredplatform 27. The springs are sandwiched between top and bottom sides of a crate, these crate sides being composed of spaced apart boards 30 which are joined by cleats 31. Wire bands 32 are bound around the bale and loops 33 are passed through the bale andar'ound some of the cleats. The bale d i is thus bound while the clamping jaws are together, anV operation which is permitted by -5 the skeleton formation of the clamping jaws Y 6'0 faces of the beams of each jaw opposed to the faces of the beams of the other jaw'having secured thereto transversely thereof Va plurality of spaced apart transverse beams, said transverse beams being substantially longer than the vdistance between the two most widely'separated longitudinal beams of ticularly the upright .guide rods 2Y of thisV each jaw and projecting beyond the longitudinal beams at each yside of the press, and a single rotatable screw shaft passing through each yoke at each end of the press.

2. A baling press embodying two relatively movable clamping jaws each jaw yincluding a plurality of spaced apart longitudinal beams assembled at their endsby a yoke, the

faces of the beams ofeach jawl opposed to.-

the faces-of the beamsofthe other jaw having secured thereto transversely thereof a plurality of spaced apart transverse beams, said transverse beams being substantially longer than the *distance between the two most widely separated longitudinalbeams of each jaw and projecting beyond'the'lom. gitudinal beamsateach side of the press,f

and a single rotatable screw shaft ,passing through each yoke at each end yof the ,'prcss,

wherein' the transverse beamsy secured to the lower jaw are of channel formation andhave their Vchannels facing -upwardlyf-to receiv'e stringers in' dovetailed connection therewith, said stringersvbeingmovable 1n said channelsl laterally of the press and' being ,connected together to constitute a loading platform for j said press.l Q. e v3. A baling press embodying two relatively movable clamping jaws, one of saidj jaws including a plurality of spaced apart beams,

said beams being of channel formation and' having their channels facing upwardly, stringers in dovetailedconnection with said channels and movable in said channels,s aid stringers being' connected 'together' yto constitute a loading platform forsaid press movable toward and away from the press.

In witness whereo'f,fI hereunto subscribe' i mynamef', i .i

WILLIAM E. WUNDERI,ICHl 

